Therapeutic potential of cancer stem cells

Medical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Yang, Chunguang ^a   Jin, Kunlin ^b   Tong, Yangping ^c   Cho, William Chi ^d  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c CHANGSHA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Signaling pathway; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MICRORNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; TUMOR MARKER; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84928685888     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-015-0619-6     Document Type: Review

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